Enlightenment is a state of relative and absolute happiness, this state is the goal of many Buddhists.
Hindus hope to reach enlightenment because it means their soul has finally liberated itself from cycle of birth and death forever.
Buddhists believe you can achieve enlightenment by following the Eight Fold Path.
They wanted to find something called enlightenment.
Buddhists do not believe in a creator God. Angelic and divine beings are part of Buddhist tradition, but one is generally better off born a human, because humans can achieve enlightenment.
Meditation allows a person to relax. However Buddhists believe the practice can elevate a person to ultimate enlightenment.
to get enlightenment free from suffering
he wanted them to try and achieve enlightenment
The ultimate enlightenment in Buddhism is known as nirvana or the nirvana state.
They are all attempting to find harmony. Each has a different way of getting there. Confucians want to achieve it by actively engineering a solution to get there. Taoists want to achieve it by aligning themselves with the natural energy of the world. Buddhists (at least Pure Land Buddhists anyway) want to achieve it by calling out to Amitaba, an advanced monk,who will get them to harmony by his grace.
Famous Buddhists (during the Buddha's lifetime) were the disciples of the Buddha, who had attained any of the 4 stages to enlightenment.
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Buddhists do not worship statures. There may be statues in Buddhist temples which serve to focus their thoughts on the methods of attaining enlightenment.
It a holiday celebrating buddah. Of course that means that buddhists celebrate it.